Coffin and Corn Mummy with Osiris mask, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, coffin: wood, paint, L. 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.); W. 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.); H. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.), These falcon-headed coffins do not contain actual mummies but symbolic Osiris mummies stuffed with grain and sand. The falcon head on the coffins and the hieroglyphic text on the painted lid indicate they are associated with the funerary deity Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
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Coffin, Corn Mummy, Osiris mask, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, coffin, wood, paint, L, 49.5 cm, 19 1/2, W, 18.5, 7 5/16, H, 14.5, 5 11/16, falcon-headed, coffins, do, contain actual, mummies, symbolic Osiris, stuffed, grain, sand, falcon head, hieroglyphic text, painted lid, indicate, associated, funerary deity, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
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